The accusations, which were not made public by the diocese, were first leveled last year against Eugene Hubert Jr., who worked as a janitor at the former St. Teresa of Avila school on New Scotland Avenue in the 1970s, when the alleged abuse took place.

Hubert died in 1997 at the age of 54. His last known residence was in Warrensburg, Warren County. The allegations are under investigation by the Albany County District Attorney’s Office. The Albany Roman Catholic Diocese said it also has launched an internal investigation.

The school, founded in 1920, and a parish affiliated with it, were closed by the Albany diocese in 2009 and merged with a neighboring school and parish.

Property records show Hubert also had ties to a camp near Paradox Lake, northeast of Warrensburg, where one of the alleged victims said he and other boys were raped by Hubert when he brought them there on camping trips. The man, who knew Hubert through St. Teresa’s school, said the camping trips may have been sanctioned by school officials because he recalled needing to obtain a parental permission slip to go away with Hubert.